Seed-separator.



PATENT oEEroE.

SAMUEL?. GLUNT, OF UNION CITY, INDIANA.

SEED-SEPARATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 190e.

Application filed April 13, 1906. Serial No. 311,471.

To allwhom it may concern/ v Be it knownthat I, SAMUEL P. GLUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing "at Union City, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Seed-Separator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in seed-separators; and the object 'of -my invention is to provide a machine adapted more especially to the' separation of certain varieties of plantain-seeds, commonly. called buckhorn" or ribwort, from clover-seed and other smooth seeds, the separation of these seeds from clover-seed having been heretofore `made difficult by reason of the approximate uniformity of size and specific gravity of these various seeds.; It is well known to seedmen that numbers of. these buckhorn or plantain seeds adhere to the inside of grain-bags when emptied of cloverseed that contains an admixture of these imure, seeds. liorn or plantain seeds have a tendency to adhere to a textile. In the production of the present machine I have taken advantage of this tendency with the purpose of effecting a complete separation regardless of the ap.

proximate uniformity of size and specific gravity of the respective seeds.

The nature of my invention will be readily comprehended, reference being had `to the following detailed description and to the aecompanying drawings.

In the drawings, igure 1 is a perspective view of a seed-separator embodying my 1nvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the front or feed end ofthe machine. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the machine between the feed and dischar e ends.

, Referring to the rawings by numerals, 1 is -a cast-iron plate forming a part of the frame and a bearing for the cylinder at each end.

2, 3, and 4 constitute the posts, top, and bottom pieces of the frame. The posts 2 at the discharge `end are relatively lower than the corresponding posts at the feed end, thereby giving the cylinder an inclination. The cross-piece 3 at the feed end has an aperture 24, through which the seed passes from the hopper 5,-sup orted on said cross-piece. The seed delivere from the hopper through the opening in the cross-piece at the feed end discharges from a funne 13 into the pan 7,

It is therefore clear that buck? then through an aperture 26 in the bottom ofthe pan, and is delivered into the cylinder 6, whichis constructed of sheet metal 21 or other material and is lined on the inside with a textile 22. The cylinderis inclined downward from the feed end to the discharge end and isdriven by a belt 19, running over beltpulley 18 and belt-pulley 10, which are driven by belt-pulley 9.

As the inclined cylinder 6 revolves the seed is carried downward toward the discharge end., The clover-seed being smooth continues to roll toward the bottom of the cylinder and toward the discharge end and is delivered over lip'20 into any -proper receptacle. The buckhorn' or plantain seeds by their tendency to. adhere to the textile lining are carried to the to of the cylinder and are swept off by brus i 8, which is placed in contact with the textile, falling into pan 7, which is vibratedlongitudinally by pitman 16 and quadrant 14, which connects with the pan by ledge 23. The vibration of the pan carries the buckhorn or other separated impurities downward and discharges them at the lower end of the pan into any suitable `receptacle. The pan has a partition 25,

which. se arates the seed as it is delivered from the opper from the buckhorn as it falls into the pan. The pan is hung by inverted bails 12 at each end.

The brush S is supported at each end by braces 17, attached to plates l.

In Fig. 2 funnel 13 is broken ofi that it may not obscure other parts in the drawinffs. The funnel in use extends downward into tie pan and near to its bottom.

In Fig. 1 'the cylinder is cut away to show the pan and brush. The pan is also cut away to more clearly show the brush.

27 shows the seed as it is discharged from the pan into the cylinder.

28 represents bolts, which fasten the plates 1 .to the posts.

29 represents lag-screws, which fasten the frames to the floor.

15 is an angle-rest to which quadrant 14 is attached.

11 is -a casting shaft upon which pulleys 9 and 10 are mounted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a seed-separator, the combination of a pair of frames, a textile-lined cylindrical forming a bearing for the y seed is discharged into the cylinder, substantially as described. 1o In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. y l SAMUEL P. GLUNT.

Witnesses:

W. J. GLUNT, W. G. PARENT 

